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The veterans name is Bill Oliver a Bren Gunner in the 1st Battalion Welsh Regiment (sorry not the RWF). He won his MM by the Senio River in a place called Casa Rasponi in January 1945 for killing twenty Germans who attacked the hut where the platoon were staying. Ironically after driving most of the Germans away British armoured cars started to shell the hut wounding or killing half the platoon. Whilst trying to get in contact with the armoured cars he was wounded in the leg by a German Machine gunner.
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I'm getting in touch with the journalist who wrote about Bill Olivers story in the local newspaper on how I can get in conntact with him.
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Gadair unig ei drig draw!- Ei dwyfraich,
Fel pe'n ddifrif wrandaw,
Heddiw estyn yn ddistaw
Mewn hedd hir am un na ddaw.
gan,
R.Williams Parry
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